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rHE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



February 24, 1912, 



(Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, Edmonton, 

 contributed a most interesting group of 

 ferns, many of them trained over small tree 

 sterns. Polypodiums were very much in evi- 

 dence, notably P. piloselloides, P. voccini- 

 folium, P. rep^ns, P. nitida, and P. squaiiui- 

 losum. 



Messrs. Allwood Brothers, Hayward's 

 Heath, presented large vases of Lady Aling- 

 ton. La Rayonnante, iMarmion, R. F. Felton, 

 and other good varieties of perpetual-flower- 

 ing carnations. 



Many dainty early spring flowers were ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Maurice Prichard, Christ- 

 church, such as Saxifraga Elizabethfe, Ane- 

 mone blanda. Iris Krelagei, Gentiana acaulis, 

 Adonis amurensis plena, Primula cashmeu- 

 ana Lavender Gem, Daphne Genkwa, and 



Orobus vernus. 



Mr, A. F. Button, Iver, Bucks, made a 



f^ood show of carnations, setting these rp in 

 arge bouquets in tall vases; Enchantress, 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward. White Enchantress, Nia- 

 gara, Mikado, Rose Pink Enchantress, May 

 Day, and Scarlet Glow were all capitally re- 

 presented. 



Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Reading, filled 

 a long table with well-arranged grouplets of 

 their fine strains of Chinese primulas, well 

 grown, and of splendid colour, and freely- 

 flowered cyclamens, the whole making an 

 effective and fragrant exhibit. 



The spring flowers from Messrs. Barr and 

 Sons, Covent Garden, included a delightful 

 set of crocus species, little saxifragas, snow- 

 drops, miniature daffodils, and freesias. 



The bright pink Coronation carnation, a 

 free perpetual variety, was again shown well 

 by Mr. Bertie Bell, Guernsey. 



An interesting exhibit of cyclamens, Acac'a 

 Baileyana, A. ovata. Daphne indica, and 

 carnations came from ^Messrs, Stuart Low 

 and Co., Eutield. 



Some lovelv Richmond roses from Me.-.^r^. 



George Mount and Sons, Canterbury, were a 

 centre of admiring visitors. 



Mr. G. Reuthe, Keston, had a quite big 

 exhibit of crocuses, anemones, >ji<>\vfiakes, 

 hepaticas, lovely little irises, heaths, etc. 

 Messrs. Pulham's, Klsenham, Essex, also con- 

 tributed alpine jjlants. Mr. Clarence Elliott, 

 Six Hills Nursery, Stevenage, showed a small 

 rock garden, with colonies of Saxifraga Bur- 

 seriana, Hepatica triloba, Draba aizoidos. 



A glorious group of carnations wa> staged 

 by 'Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, who, as usual, 

 put up grand flowers of Britannia, Fortuna, 

 Mikado, R. F. Felton, Mr. C. F. Raphael, May 

 Day, iMrs. H. B. Clode (finely clove-scented), 

 Marmion, Mandarin, and White Wonder. 



Messrs. Whitelegge and Page, Chislehurst, 

 made a speciality of Primula malacoides, 

 and staged these with saxifragas, etc. 



A bright exhibit was one of cyclamens, 

 cinerarias, and zonal pelargoniums, from 

 Messrs, H. Cannell and Sons, the latter being 

 particularly effective, and representative of 

 the finest varieties. 



Crocuses, anemones. Narcissus cyclami- 

 neus, hellebores, heaths, and Japanese maples 

 made up a pretty exhibit from Mr. James 

 Box. Lindfleld. 



The little rock garden arranged by Messrs. 

 J. Cheal and Son^ Crawley, was br ght with 

 irises and primulas; models of garden furni- 

 ture proved very attractive. 



Messrs. Young and Co., Hatherley, Chel- 

 tenham, put up a capital lot of carnations, 

 their Royal Purple, Mrs. Greswolde Wil- 

 liams, and Lady Audley Nield, being especi- 

 ally good. 



Messrs-. W. Wells and Co., Mterstham, 

 showed some new perpetual carnations; 

 Wodenethe, white ; Merstham Beauty, rose- 

 pink; Princess Charming, pink; and Bon- 

 fire, red, were among the best. 



A very fine exhibit of flowering shrubs, 

 forced into flower, was set up by Mr. L. R. 

 Riisisell, Richmond, and herein the lilacs, 

 Mollis azaleas, and Prunus triloba were es- 

 pecially l>eautiful. 



Messrs. R. and G. Cutlibeit, Southj^ate, 

 filled a ('orner with forced azaleas. lilacs, 

 wistarias, and mas^iiolias. 



Messrs. C. Brooks and Son. Worting, Bas- 

 ingstoke, showed single flowers of primulas, 

 set out in blocks of a variety on black velvet ; 



the colours showed up finelv in this way, 

 and Giant Salmon, Giant Pink, King George 

 v.. Orange King, and Ruby Queen were es- 

 pecially effective. 



Messrs. Thos. S. Ware, Feltham, brought 

 up anemones, saxifragas, Adonis amurensis 

 plena. Iris stylosa, I. reticulata, and Bleti 

 liyacinthium. 



Crocus species, notably C. versicolor, C. 

 Sieberi, and C. aureus were delightfully 

 shown by Messrs. R. Wallace and Co., Col- 

 chester, together with Fritillaria chitralen- 

 sis — quite strong and bright. Iris reticulata, 

 Tulipa Kaufmanniana, and T. Fosteriana. 



Messrs, W. Cutbush and Son had a beau- 

 tiful lot of carnations, spring bulbous 

 flowers, and a great variety of forced flower- 

 ing shrubs; the colonies of Iris reticulata, 

 hepaticas. Iris sindjarensis, and 1. histrioides 

 were greatly admired, 



Freesia Chapmani aurantiaca was capitally 

 shown by Messrs. Walter T. Ware, Ingles- 

 combe, Bath; tliis was much stronger and 

 finer than we have seen it before. 



Mr, C. Engelmann, Saffron Walden, was 

 represented by a group of perpetual carna- 

 tions that included Carola, Triumph, and 

 Lady Northcliffe. 



Mr. A, Hemsley, Crawley, had a rock gar- 

 den exhibit, with alpine shrubs, primulas, 

 heaths, and saxifragas much in evidence. 



Messrs. G. and A. Clark, Dover, had 

 several good things in their little rock gar- 

 den exhibit ; especially notable were Juni- 

 perus pachyphloea elegantissima and J. p. 

 cont^picua, each of a bright blui8h-green or 

 rich glaucous green leaves and branchlets; 

 they are said to retain their striking colour 

 up to 4ft. high, and if this is so the plants 

 have a distinct garden value; for the rock 

 garden they should be in great request. 

 Anemones, crocuses, and lri& stylotsa were 

 other good things on view. 



Ribes laurifolium (A.M.), shown by the 

 Hon. Vicary Gibbs (gardener, Mr. E. 

 Beckett), was more interesting than beauti- 

 ful; it has broad dark leaves, and little 

 drooping axillary spikes of small light green 

 flowers and bracts. 



Some charming floral studies by Mies 

 Gundry, Foots Cray, attracted a great deal 

 of attention, e^s-pecially the rock garden, 

 flower border, and wild garden scenes. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



A superb exhibit of orchids, finely ar- 

 ranged by Mr. H. Alexander, orchid grower 

 to Lieut. -Colonel Sir George Holford, Wes- 

 tonbirt, Gloucester, was the great feature 

 of the meeting. It occupied the whole space 

 next the wall, bet wen the entrance and the 

 orchid annexe, and, as usual, the arrange- 

 ment was such that every plant stood clear 

 of its neighbour. The display was a splen- 

 did one, the long spikes- of Laelia anceps, in 

 variety, adding elegance and lightness to it. 

 Lseha anceps Bawsoni carried eight spikes and 

 twenty-four flowers; L. a. Alba, nine spikes 

 and twenty-one flowers; L. a. Ashworthfe, 

 seven spikes and sixteen flowers; L. a. Wil- 

 liamsi, five spikes and twenty-three flowers; 

 and L. a. Sanderiana, six spikes and twenty- 

 five flowers. La^lia-cattleya Cappei and 

 L.-c. Tigris, with their tall spikes of bright 

 flowers, were very conspicuous, while the 

 graceful spikes of Odontoglossum crispum 

 Egret, O. c. Peacock, O. c. Miraud— very 

 beautiful — and 0,c. Rosemary were very fine. 

 Cattleya Percivaliana, Charlesworth s var.^ 

 with four lovely blush flowers; C. Trianse 

 Hydra, C, Maggie Raphael, Sophro-telio- 

 cattleya Danae, Holford's var,, Brasso-catt- 

 leya Pluto, B. c. Thorntoni, B. c. gigas- 

 Digbyana, Miltonia Bleuana, and Vanda 

 Watsoni were other fine things. Among 

 cypripediums a few of outstanding merit in a 

 grand set were C. Rosetti magnificum^ C. 

 (Edippe, C. Alabaster, C. Alcibiades ma'gni- 

 ficum, C. Mandiae, C. Minos Youngi^ and C. 

 Helen II., Holfords var. 



From Messrs, Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 came a bright group o^ orchids, wherein 

 graceful spikes of Phalaenopsis Schilleriana 

 were eonspicuously ibeautifuL Some dtn- 

 drobiums, cypripediums, Brasso-cattleya Vil- 

 nioriana magnifica, Renanthera Imschooti- 

 ana, and the handsome Cattleya Trianae 



Ralph Sander were also included in the dis. 

 play. 



Angraecum sesquij>edale, with seven flowers 

 Trichosma suavis, Angraecum citratum, Cym' 

 bidiuminsigne, and Masdevallia triangularis 

 smothered with flowers, were associated with 

 dendrobiums and cypripediums by Messrs 

 Stuart Low and Co., Enfield. 



Messrs. J. and A. iMcBean, Cooksbridge, 

 showed some fine white forms of Laelia an- 

 ceps, the old Dendrobium speciosuni, Cynibi- 

 dium eburneum, C. eburneo-Lowianum, and 

 some well-grown odontoglossums. 



A position in the orchid annexe was filled 

 by Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, with some finely-grown cypripediums, 

 such varieties as C. Cupid, C. Baron Schro- 

 der, and C. Furyades, C. Venus Orchidhurst 

 var., being conspicuous. Other good things 

 were Cattleya Maggie Raphael hybrid odon- 

 toglossums, Laelio-cattleya Ernesti, and 

 Odontioda Bradshawiae. 



The little display set up by Messrs. Mansell 

 and Hatcher, Rawdon, Leeds, included tk 

 graceful lonopsis paniculata, so-me good 

 forms of Odontoglossum crispum, Vanda 

 Moorei — a rare plant, and Phalaenopis Schil- 

 leriana. 



The contribution from Messrs. J. Cypher 

 and Sons^ Cheltenham, was composed largely 

 of cypripediums, such as C. Van Byke, C. 

 Alcibiades, C. Morganiae, and C. Minos 

 Youngi. With those were Calanthe Bella, 

 of lovely blush colour^ some fine forms of 

 Lycaste Skinneri, including L. S. alba, and 

 the graceful Angraecum citratum. 



Lycaste Balliae, with no fewer than tliirtv 

 flowers, was brought up ' " 

 gardener to Mrs. W. J. 

 dale Park, Sunningdale, 

 admired. 



Some white forms of Cattleya Triauae 

 were submitted by Mr. W. A. Manda, St. 

 Albane. 



Mr. C. J. Salter, gardener to W. Cobb, 

 Esq., Rusper, Horsham, showed Cypripedium 

 Euryades, New Hall Hey var., one flower 

 having two well-developed dorsal sepals; 

 Odontioda Bradshawiae, Odontoglossum blen- 

 dum, and the brilliant crimson-scarlet Sophro- 



laelia Psyche were also sent from Mr. Cobb's 

 collection. 



Mr. E. V. Low, Hayward's Heath, pre- 

 sented a number o-i' spikes of Cymbidiinii 

 insigne, white forms of Lycaste Skinned, 

 Cypripedium CEdippe, a fine form of C. Hare- 

 field Hall, and Odontoglossum Eolfese. 

 Calanthe Baron Schroder was shown y 



<ir Julius Wci-i- 



by Mr. Tliorue, 

 Joicey, Sunniug- 

 and was greatly 



Mr. Metcalfe, gardener to 



her, Bart., Luton Hoo, who staged thirty- 

 three spikes. Calanthes Baron Schroder vai. 

 al'biflora (A.M.)^ a variety with fine white 

 sepals and petals, and carrying two spleudul 

 spikes, came from Baron " Bruno ScIunxIi r 

 (grower, Mr. Shill), The Dell. Egham. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Hay ward ^ 

 Heath, presented a delightful display cmii- 

 posed chiefly of odontoglossums and o<l>ri- 

 tiodas. Of the former, the most proniiiunt 

 were O. Lambeauianum, 0. Wilckeanum, 0. 

 armainvilliersense xantholes, and O. Phoebe. 

 Tlie odontiodas were O. Cooksoniae, O. Brna- 

 shawiae, O. Keighleyense, O. Charleswortln. 

 O. Lutetia, and O. Craven'ana. Miltouirda 

 Ajax and Brasso-cattleya Maroiii were also 

 very well shown. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLi: COMMirrEE. 



Messrs, Sutton and Sons, Reading, 

 hibited an interesting collection of hardy 

 winter vegetables, the set including sal^ 

 turnips, Stachys tuberifera, artichokes, K^h' 

 rabi, leeks, broccoli, savoys, Brussels sproutv 

 kale, scorzonera, carrots, and winter rad ~/ 



Mr. Hogbin, gardener to Lord Falmon" 

 Castle Mereworth, set up two dozen di- 

 of apples; Smart^s Prince Arthur, Aiii ; 

 Elizabeth, Newton Wonder, and Shephard- 

 Pomona were the best examples. , 



Some excellent apples, fine in colour a»<i 

 size, were exhibited by Mr. A. W. Metcali^- 

 gardener to Sir Julius Wernher, Bart- 

 Luton Hoo, Luton; the varieties were Anin^ 

 I]lizabeth and Lane's Prince Albert, pre^^erv^ti 

 in the new fruit room erect'.'d at Luton 

 last vear. 



For Awards and Medals see page In' 



